Write the following numbers in words.

1. 7 .5                                                                                      6. Room 305

2. 1900 books                                                                         7. 1452 (year)

3. 82 %                                                                                    8. 1/3

4. 1987 (year)                                                                        9. 51. 869 people

5.  75 students                                                              10. 9.67

Topic 3. My Working Day

The Man with 13 Jobs

SeumasMcSporran is a very busy man. He comes from Scotland. He is 45 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman, a policeman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, he is and his wife Margaret have a shop and a small hotel.

Seumas lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha, but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day. Every weekday Seumas gets up at 6 o’clock and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8 o’clock he drives the island’s children to school. At 9 o’clock he collects the post from the boat. He delivers it to all the houses on the island at 10 o’clock. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the shop at 5 o’clock in the evening.

He says: “Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t like watching television. In the evening Margaret makes supper and I do accounts. At 10 o’clock we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps, our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”

Vocabulary

petrol                        бензин, топливо

undertakerсобственниксалонаритуальных услуг

islandостров

to deliver                                          доставлять

accountsсчета

excitingувлекательный

Grammar

Rewrite the following sentences using personal pronouns.

1. Michael lives in a big house.

2. Mary Ann opens the window.

3. Vera and Susan go home.

4. The book is on the table.

5. Tomas and I sit in the car.

6. John sees a boy.

Translate the English phrases into Russian.

a. the woman’s son

b. the car’s size

c. my sister’s friend

d. the boys’ mother

e. our parents’ flats

Rewrite the following phrases using the possessive case.

1. The name of the boy

2. The names of the girls

3. The cat of my daughter

4. The music of Bach

5. The color of the book

6. The plays of Bernard Show

7. The book of his children

8. The parents of John

9. The answer of the student

10. The birthday of my friend

11. The voice of this singer

12. This is the room of my sister.

4. Write P if ’s = possession. Write is if ’s = is.

Model:John’s car is new. P

             It’s a Mercedes. IS

1. It’s cold today.

2. Jane’s a hairdresser.

3. Jane’s husband is thirty – five.

4. My father’s in Canada at the moment.

5. My father’s house is very nice.

6. My daughter’s school is very good.

7. Peter’s a teacher.

8. Peter’s college is in the town center.

Write answers to the following questions using the words in brackets and put the apostrophe in the right place.

1. Whose is this umbrella? (George). 2. Whose is this idea? (Jean). 3. Whose is this handbag? (That woman). 4. Whose poetry do you like best? (Keats). 5. Whose are these clothes? (The children). 6. Whose are these uniforms? (The soldiers).

Topic 4. My Day Off

Relaxing Sundays

Actress Jenny Agutter talks about her Sundays on both sides of the Atlantic.

“Whether I’m at home in Los Angeles or staying in England Sunday is a day to relax, and so there are no alarms set. In California breakfast is fruit and yoghurt followed by pancakes and lots of coffee. Most of the morning is spent reading the newspaper, eating pancakes and pottering around the house doing things like gardening or tiding up. However, I don’t iron on Sunday. My pet hates are ironing and washing up.

In the afternoon I go out on my bike – maybe to the beach, where there are lots of people around, and it’s very lively. Otherwise I drive into the hills near Hollywood and walk in the forests. This is really wonderful, because there are some beautiful waterfalls and it’s usually very quiet there.

Later in the afternoon I have friends round and we either have a barbecue or go out to a Chinese restaurant. In the evening I stay in and watch a late night movie or a video. I particularly love old Cary Grant films.

When I’m staying in England I stay with my parents, who live in Brixton, or rent a place if I’m filming. Sunday is still a late morning. I may have a croissant and a cup of coffee for breakfast but I don’t eat much because I look forward to traditional English Sunday lunch. I don’t mind cooking, so I spend the morning doing that. I love roast lamb so I usually have that, followed by sherry trifle.

Lunch is a time for seeing family and friends, so it usually takes a long time – eating, drinking wine and relaxing. If I don’t cook it’s nice to go and have Sunday lunch at a country pub. I really miss pubs, and Guinness, when I’m in Los Angeles. I have always loved walking since I used to stroll along the canal in Regent’s Park in the afternoon. I always leave the newspapers until the evening when I’m over here, and I buy them all – from the gossipy ones to the serious ones. I probably have just a light meal in the evening and again spend the evening watching television rather than going out.

 I’m so busy during the week that Sunday has become my most precious day. It is one of the few days that I get eight hours sleep, which sets me up for the next week.”

(From “Woman’s Realm”)

Grammar

Read the words in the plural.

Brushes, birds, houses, months, knives, women, roses, toys, loaves, halves, blouses, heroes, armies, faces, curtains, airports, comedies, cherries, advantages, leaves.

Read the words, say which of them are countable and form their plural.

Man, ice, sheep, peace, money, watch, news, city, tooth, friend, friendship, child, business, idea, life, silk, rose, love, duty, bill.

Make the following nouns plural. Read and translate them.

Boy, girl, ship, bus, eye, place, country, thief, week, shelf, fox, language, party, dress, day, glass, wall, night, bush, kite, ray, key, roof, train;

Child, foot, mouse, woman, goose, means, deer, fish.

A) Write down the following nouns in plural.

A star, a mountain, a tree, a waiter, a man, the queen, a woman, an eye, a shelf, a box, a city,a goose, a watch, a mouse, a toy, a sheep, a tooth, a child, an ox, a life, a dress, a tomato, a company, the news, a glass, a library, a play.

B) Write down the singular form of the following words.

Photos, knives, flowers, sheep, boxes, geese, men-servants, oxen, children, hats, shelves, mice, hairs, postmen, tomatoes, trays, families, zoos, teeth, roofs, forget-me-nots, benches, passers-by.

Put the sentences in plural and write them down. Pay attention to the changes of the verb.

1. Put this knife on that table. 2. A new house is in our street. 3. This story is very interesting. 4. Why don’t you eat this potato? 5. A yellow leaf has fallen to the ground. 6. Can you see a bird in that tree? 7. What is that child’s name? 8. The cat has caught a mouse. 9. This man works at our office. 10. He has a new suit.

Topic 5. My House (Flat)